Team for next week

[Teddy]

What are the chances Victor takes the field? God would love him especially with Ola out there?

[KenWiwa]

I can't believe anyone is posting a side without Wong. Against the Panthers, in the 25 minutes he was on the field, we won 10-2. In the 55 he wasn't, Penrith won 28-0. Not saying it was just him, but we are a better side with him on the field. Sitili is leaving at the end of the year, is suspect in defence and prone to important lapses. I'd prefer Wong over any of him, May or Nat Butcher.

[Mr Whippet]

I can't believe anyone is posting a side without Wong. Against the Panthers, in the 25 minutes he was on the field, we won 10-2. In the 55 he wasn't, Penrith won 28-0. Not saying it was just him, but we are a better side with him on the field. Sitili is leaving at the end of the year, is suspect in defence and prone to important lapses. I'd prefer Wong over any of him, May or Nat Butcher.

100%

[Intercept]

Need to move on from the Penrith Game and not dwell on it. Obviously they will go through the video to pin point what went wrong especially in these first 25 odd minutes

ZDC was a wasted interchange so I would go with 4 forwards on the interchange bench instead - Watson to play 80 again

JWH back in the 17 and possibly Radley pending fitness

1. Tedesco
2. Toops
3. Suaalii
4. Manu
5. Young
6. Keary
7. Sandon Smith
8. Collins
9. Watson
10. May
11. Crichton
12. * Radley
13. Nat Butcher

Interchange from

14. Leniu
15. JWH
16. Sitili
17. Whyte
18, Wong
19, ZDC
20. Jennings
21. Nawaqanitawase
22. De La Salle Va'a
23. Blake Steep

* Pending Fitness

I realise it's a bit churlish of me to do so but King Salvo I feel compelled to ask, should we not leave the team selection to the paid professionals?

[Bansai Pipeline]

I'd play Manu at 6.

Roll the dice Robbo.

Desperate times, desperate measures et cetera.

[Easts75]

Defensively Garrick can be amongst the worst in the comp. That's where we get them

[BTRD]

Wong is in my 13 every week. Watson to the bench. Watson and Spencer look tired after their first S.O.O. series.

JWH needs to be our best player.

[rented tracksuit]

He has a permanent grimace on his face , poor bloke is going to have a hard time in his twilight years.

Too right mate. He looks to be in awful pain every time he plays.

[PLV012]

My 20c worth... my Hail Mary team...

Teddy-Tupou-Young
Manu-Su
Keary-S.Smith

JWH-Connor-Collins
Angus-Sitili/(Rads - but realistically can't see him available)
Wong

14 Leniu
15 Sitili (if Rads miraculously plays)
16 Whyte
17 Butcher

18 May

19 Nawa
20 Steep
21 Va'a, X
22 Va'a, DLS

All or nothing team! Let's go Chooks!!!

E2W
RWB

[ism22]

I personally dont think May is playing that good. He doesn't intimidate anyone, he doesn't scare any opposition players, he doesn't hurt opposition players when he tackles them & he doesn't run aggressively enough.

He and Leniu seem to have had a bit of a performance dip ay? Wonder if they're simply being marked properly now, which weakens their impact?

[Funky Chicken]

Personally my team would be;

1. James Tedesco
2. Daniel Tupou
3. Joseph Su'allii
4. Joseph Manu
5. Dom Young

6. Luke Keary
7. Sandon Smith

8. JWH
9. Connor Watson
10. Lindsay Collins
11. Angus Crichton
12. Siua Wong
13. Nafhau Whyte

Reserves

14. Zac Docker-Clay (Comes on around the 30 minute mark to give Connor a rest, Connor comes back on around 50th minute refreshed and ready to carve up the opposition)
15. Spencer Leniu
16. Terrell May
17. Blake Steep (Comes on to give either Whyte or Wong a break, and channels his best Boyd Cordner runs whilst on the field).

I know my selection of Steep will get criticised, but Sitili makes too many defensive errors and Butcher just isn't effective. At least the team above should be able to play a decent power game and really stick it to Manly.

[roosterchook]

Mate...you're describing Nat Butcher

We must do better than having Butcher in the starting lineup when our opponents forwards are all fresh. Bring him on if you must when their forwards have tired. He gets pushed back 10 metres by fresh forwards. Big forwards just barge over him near the line.

[Steakface]

Now is the time to take some risks after the abysmal first half against the Panthers.

The Eagles aren't as good as them, but are good enough to get us.

• JWH to start. Let him go hard - he is fit and raring to go. He wants to go out a winner and will lift the whole team. Let him play as many minutes as he wants. Just order him to keep his fkn arms down Robbo, for god's sake.
• Sitili to sit this one out, and if we win i'd argue to sit out the season. Sitili is offering very little overall, and that has been the case for some time + we can't carry his abysmal defence.
• Butcher is a problem, in the sense that he is an excellent 80 minute defensive lock - but if you don't put him there, you are losing optimal effectiveness wherever you do have him. We need his experience at the back end of the game though, and he will be a brick wall to tired opposition - bring him on after the 50th minute.
• If Rads plays, a utility such as Dockar-Clay will not be required. Give him 50 needles if you have have to Robbo, just get him out there. Let him run off the bench so he can avoid the early heated exchanges.

1. James Tedesco
2. Daniel Tupou
3. Joseph Su'allii
4. Joseph Manu
5. Dom Young

6. Luke Keary
7. Sandon Smith

8. JWH
9. Connor Watson
10. Lindsay Collins
11. Angus Crichton
12. Siua Wong
13. Nafhau Whyte

Reserves:

14. Victor Radley
15. Spencer Leniu
16. Terrell May
17. Nat Butcher

[Mr Whippet]

Manu seems rather disinterested at at the moment, maybe in preservation made.
Probably on my own here, I'd give Marky the gig.
Wong definite for Sitili.
And as already mentioned Steep on the bench.
Radley to much of a risk...no way he could recover so quickly.
As I'm not selecting the side, no need for ridicule.

[gragra]

I'd play Manu at 6.

Roll the dice Robbo.

Desperate times, desperate measures et cetera.

I agree desperate times, but Joeys form has been ordinary for ages. He has failed as a 6 previously...if you want to do something desperate put him at fullback where maybe he will get involved again and Teddy to 6. Teddy is running around in the middle anyway.